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School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)

Location:
Churchtown South, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 024

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    yellow-hammer woodquest, linnet, rayfog
    Birds that migrate.
    Cuckoo in July
    Corncrake in August
    Swallow in September
    Wagtail in September
    Sandmartin in Spetember
    Starling in September.
    Wren
    A wren builds her nest in an ivybush. She builds with horse-hair and moss. She lays twenty-one white eggs, with brown spots, and it takes three to hatch them.
    Lark A lark builds its nest in a meadow. She makes it with hay and moss, lays four eggs in it and takes three weeks to hatch them.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Heydon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brownstown, Co. Kildare
    Collector
    Leo Heydon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brownstown, Co. Kildare